Yanticaw Park
Wooded paths, fields, and Yanticaw Brook — the township’s green spine.
Green space
Parks
Rivers and brooks cut the township. Parks follow them. From Yanticaw in the north to the Passaic on the east, Nutley kept its shade.
The system
A park within a half-mile of every house.
Essex County’s Yanticaw Park sits inside the township. Memorial Park occupies the old mill grounds on the Third River. Kingsland hides a pond and a waterfall behind ordinary streets. Booth Park is where the youth leagues play. Together they run to more than a hundred acres — unusual density for a place this small, which is why the film behind the title is a dam and a park, not a skyline.
Directory
Ten parks, from the brook to the river.
Kingsland Park
A pond, a dam, a waterfall, and Kingsland Manor across the water.
Memorial Park
Three adjoining parks on the old mill grounds of the Third River.
Booth Park
Baseball, football, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, and roller hockey.
DeMuro Park
Neighborhood fields and playgrounds tucked into the street grid.
Father Glotzbach Park
A quieter green named for a longtime parish priest.
Flora Louden Park
A pocket of lawn and play space on the east side.
Nichols Park
One of the smaller parks — no house is more than a half-mile from green space.
Rheinheimer Park
Neighborhood recreation in a system of more than a hundred acres.
Msgr. Owens Park
A local field and playground named for Monsignor Owens.